The Saint Who Took Years to Forgive | St. Jane Frances de Chantal

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St. Jane Frances de Chantal lived an extraordinary life through several very ordinary vocations: wife, mother, widow, household manager, foundress, nun, and mother superior. Strong, capable, witty, and naturally fiery, Jane was deeply devoted to the Faith from her youth. After seven happy years of marriage, tragedy struck when her husband was accidentally killed while hunting. His dying example of forgiveness became a lesson Jane herself would struggle for years to imitate. Through prayer and repeated acts of the will, she eventually forgave the man responsible so completely that she could speak with him, welcome him into her home, and even become godmother to one of his children. Later, St. Francis de Sales became her spiritual director. Jane wanted to enter a convent, but he made her wait. Eventually he told her she was not called simply to join one — she was called to found the Order of the Visitation. Her life became a constant alternation between leadership and submission, initiative and obedience, success and setback. The lesson is powerful: genuine inspiration from God is proven by patience, humility, obedience, and submission to His providence. St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us. 00:00 St. Jane Frances de Chantal 00:30 Wife, Mother & Future Foundress 00:47 Marriage to the Baron de Chantal 01:11 Her Fiery Personality 01:27 Young Jane Confronts Protestantism 02:09 Wife, Estate Manager & Woman of Charity 02:34 Her Remarkable Generosity to the Poor 03:07 Seven Happy Years of Marriage 03:14 Her Husband’s Fatal Hunting Accident 03:31 His Extraordinary Forgiveness 03:38 Jane’s Long Struggle to Forgive 03:54 From Bitterness to Complete Reconciliation 04:03 Forgiveness Is Not Easy — Even for Saints 04:36 Widowhood & New Trials 05:14 A Sign of Sanctity: Submitting to Difficult People 05:38 St. Francis de Sales’ Sermon on Forgiveness 06:03 Recognizing Her Spiritual Director 06:20 Francis de Sales Makes Her Wait 06:27 “You’re Going to Found a Convent” 06:34 Founding the Visitation Order 06:51 A New Kind of Religious Community 07:07 Serving the Sick & Poor 07:13 Accepting Older & Infirm Women 07:28 Criticism of St. Jane’s Approach 08:00 An Unusual Foundress 08:32 How God Uses Earlier Talents Later 09:18 Opposition From Within the Church 09:48 The Visitation Is Forced Into Cloister 10:04 The Order Eventually Flourishes 10:27 Death of St. Francis de Sales 10:43 St. Vincent de Paul Becomes Her Director 11:08 Death of St. Jane Frances de Chantal 11:33 Spiritual Friendship Between Saints 11:56 Wife, Mother, Widow, Nun & Superior 12:12 Leadership Requires Submission 12:28 Obedience When Her Plans Were Stopped 12:45 How God Tests Us 13:00 Leaving Her Children to Found the Convent 13:41 How to Discern Extraordinary Claims 13:49 Patience, Humility & Submission 14:20 What If You Feel Misunderstood? 14:35 Give It to God & Wait 14:58 The Best Form of Penance 15:06 Humble Submission to God’s Will 15:15 Conclusion https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/august/august-21-st-jane-frances-fremiot-de-chantal-widow/ Her Nuns - https://institute-christ-king.org/vocations/sisters Please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #SaintJaneFrancesDeChantal #CatholicSaints #VisitationOrder #FaithAndForgiveness #CatholicSpirituality 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 5. UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 6. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 7. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 8. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 9. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶️ 10. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758

Topics

• Forgiveness